Posts tagged vanilla-wow

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Reflecting back on 10 years of WoW, I find it hard not to smile and shake my head in disbelief. If someone had told me e...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
In 2004, I bought a brown box with some discs inside it. On the cover was a close-up of a woman with crazy purple eyebro...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Professions in Warlords of Draenor feel completely different than at any other era in WoW. Creating powerful items is no...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
You may have taken Upper Blackrock Spire, Warlord Zaela, but the classic version lives in our hearts, where your orc fri...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Leveling through Draenor has been a blast, but as a player from classic WoW, a few things have struck me as incredibly s...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
We have one more week of the Iron Horde invasion event before we can take the fight through the portal to Draenor. Most ...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Patch 6.0 is finally upon us. Like all pre-expansion patches, it has been both invigorating and chaotic. Almost exactly ...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Betas make players nervous about their class. It happens every time. Blizzard makes changes, often drastically, and for ...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Wherever thousands of players try to complete on-rails content, bottlenecks are inevitable. For Warlords of Draenor, Bli...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
If you missed part 1 and part 2, that means you were late for the raid and we're docking you 50 DKP. Next time get her...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
In the last WoW Archivist, we covered the early parts of Molten Core: the "attunement," the grueling trash clear to Luci...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Are you ready to return to the Core? Last week, we learned that Blizzard is planning a 40-player LFR version of classic'...

With the 10th anniversary events announced, it's clear that Blizzard is trying to take us -- in a way -- back to the days of vanilla WoW, with PvP battles between Tarren Mill and Southshore and an updated 40-player Molten Core raid. But as a vanilla-era player myself, I have to ask: does anyone rea...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
An interesting aspect of the ongoing Ashran faction hub debate is the fear people express that their hubs will be raided...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
As the Warlords of Draenor beta rolls onward, Blizzard keeps managing to surprise us. Recently we've learned about a hug...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Last week, we launched into the newest beta in WoW's history -- its sixth! -- for Warlords of Draenor. It's an exciting ...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Expansion gaps are the most reviled of all content gaps. It's not just because they are the longest -- it's because at t...

The beautiful thing about twitter is how it can engender conversations you might never get to have otherwise. Last night (thanks to my perpetual insomnia) I was up and scanning when Bashiok made a series of tweets I just had to respond to.
It's crazy how much more complex and difficult fights ar...

WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
Flying is second nature to WoW players. We've been doing it for almost eight years now. Sure, we've adventured in a few ...

The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
The steed of a ...